Contributions totaling $24,000 were presented to the Memorial Medical Center Foundation and the HSHS St.

Elected officials in Illinois who make up the Asian-American Caucus, along with local community organizations, held Asian-American Census Day on Friday to promote participation in the census among Asian Illinoisans.

Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder signed an emergency order Friday evening mandating that bar and restaurant patrons wear face coverings when not seated.

If you are one of those people who was hoping House Speaker Michael Madigan would quit a nearly 50-year career in the Illinois House (and there are a few of you out there), there was bad news late week.

A federal appeals court on Friday tossed the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

King Beyoncé's new film takes you on a journey of Black art, music, history and fashion as the superstar transports you to Africa to tell the story of a young man in search of his crown, matched to epic songs she created while inspired by "The Lion King.

Springfield's National Night Out festivities will not go on as planned this year.

Springfield police are investigating an early morning home invasion that left one injured on the city's east side.

On this week's episode of the Under the Dome Podcast the State Journal-Register's Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke work remotely to bring you the latest updates from the Illinois Statehouse and Illinois' response to the COVID-19 pandemic.